HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – On the eve of the 2023 Great American Conference Golf Championship Tournament, the GAC announced its annual all-conference and superlative award winners. In that announcement, Arkansas Tech's
Jackson Cole was named to the Honorable Mention team while
Shaun Jones was honored as a Distinguished Scholar.
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A transfer to Tech, Cole emerged as one of the more consistent golfers for the Wonder Boys under first-year head coach
Joey Baldwin.
The Fayetteville native played in all nine tournaments for the Wonder Boys this fall and spring and had a stroke average of 76.12 across 25 rounds of action.
Individually, Cole is ranked 31
st in the region and placed in the top-20 three times. Back in mid-November, he claimed individual medalist honors at the Newman Invitational beating out a field of 85 golfers with a one-under (215) three-round score.
In addition to Cole being named to the Honorable Mention team, teammate
Shaun Jones earned academic acclaim as a Distinguished Scholar-Athlete.
